整治
zhěngzhì · HSK 6
to bring under control; to regulate
🔧 zhěng (tidy up) + zhì (govern) = tidy-govern: renovate or discipline
整 means to arrange or put in order; 治 means to govern or manage. Together they combine order + control: fixing up a river, repairing a road, or straightening out a person who misbehaved.
整 — 束 bundle + 攵 tap/strike + 正 correct/upright
A compound character combining 敕 (to arrange, with 束 'bundle' and 攵 'strike/action') over 正 ('upright, correct'). The image is of striking a bundle into proper alignment, giving the meaning 'to put in order, arrange neatly.' From this came senses of 'whole, complete, tidy.'
治 — water radical 氵 + 台 (phonetic)
治 originally referred to the name of a river, written with the water radical 氵 for meaning and 台 as the phonetic component. From 'managing rivers' (flood control), the meaning broadened to 'govern, regulate, manage,' and later 'cure, heal' — all senses of bringing something unruly under control.